Broiler drawer



L. MOORE April 23, 1935.

BROILER DRAWER Filed May 5. 1934 Patented Apr. 23,1935

L aaon m nmwEa-i Y i i 1 Lewis Moore loliet, 11L, isdgnor to The Moore Gorpora'tiomJoliet, 111., a corp r t n o Dfl ware nna aria 5, 1934, Sears... 724,040 T 8Claims. (c1. lac-340 A principal object of the inventionis. the provision of a drawer structure for broilers which will facilitate the positioning of the broiler pan at selectivel' determined distances ,i'rom g the broiler heating medium. Y

important object of the invention isthe provision," 'in a broiler, drawer, of pan supports which are autoiriatic zalIy,movable toa position in which the pan maybe placed in the drawer from above at dif ferent seleeted heights from thebottom oi the drawer, and maybe connected, after having been thus positioned, with a fixed walloi" the drawer... c I

A furtherv the invention is theprovision of a broiler drawer inwhich the rear supporting wall for the pan is mounted in the drawer in suchfmanner that.,-upon';removal oi -the pan' from the drawer the wallYassumes a tilting position toincreasejthe horizontaldistance between the holding neans on, said, wall and holding-means on a fixed wall of the drawer, whereby the broiler pan may be-lowered-into the space between the two walls and may flrst,be attached to'the able wall and then tothe fixedawall. 1

A further important object of the invention is the provision of -a broiler; drawer wherein the adjustment oi the pan to different heights in the drawer may be carried outwithout encumbering the interior f-the drawer-with pan adjusting mechanisnn .2 1 Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following description, which, when taken -in connection with the accompanying drawing, discloses a preferred" embodiment there I 0 struction, in a gas or other fuel burning stove movsecured to theiront wall and which are ormay be connected at the rear by an angle brace 6 to form a relatively rigid frame.-

rails 5 01 the drawer have rollers 8 adapted to travel on'the rails, 3 of the compartment, The

rails 3 fixedly mounted on the walls of the com partment, may be, provided with additional rollers 9 9n which the framework oi; the drawer rests Thefront wall 4, which is fixedly secured to the frame by plates I0, is provided on its inner ,face with a plurality of brackets vertically spaced from each other and adapted to serve as supports for the front flange l2 of a broiler pan 13. The pan l3 also is provided with a rear flange l4, and this rear flange may be secured to any. one. of, several brackets. l5 rigidly secured to the rear wall 16 of the drawer.

It be obvious that it would be extremely dimcult it'not impossible to, position the pan within this drawer by supporting iton any of the brackets II and 15 except the top pair. The

spacing between the supporting brackets would have to be materially-increased beyond the length of the pan I 3 if it were desired to place the pan on the second or lowermost set of brackets of thefront wall and rear wall.

For the piu'pose of permitting this insertion p'anion brackets of the front and rear wall, the rear wall -l6 is mounted inthe drawer in such manner that under normal conditions this rear wall will assume a position in which the supports mounted thereon are spaced from the corresponding supports onthe frontwall a distance greaterthan the length of the pan I3, whereby the pan may be lowered from the top onto the pertaining supporting brackets and may then be properly retained in the desired position.

To accomplish this, the rear wall I6 is provided, as shown in Fig. 3, with brackets I'I near its lower end, and these brackets are pivotally secured to the framework of the drawer at I8 at a point forward of the plane of the rear wall. It will be obvious, therefore, that the center of gravity of this structure comprising the rear wall l6 and the brackets II will be to the rear and above the pivotal point of support. Owing to this relation of the pivotal support to the center of gravity of this rear wall assembly, the lat-' ter has a tendency to assume a tilting position or to swing about the pins l8 to the left (Fig. 3) that is in the direction in which the center of To facilitate the insertion or removal of thevdrawer in respect of the compartment I, the 5 30 through elongating the spacing between the com- 1 gravity of the structure lies with reference to the pivotal support IS. The assembly also has its center of gravity at a considerable distance above thepivotal-support, so that the assembly may be described as being normally in unstable equilibrium. It has a tendencyto assume stable equilibrium, and this tendency causes the movable wall to assume the tilting position, as shown in Fig. 3, and it would obviously swing beyond said position if it were not for the portion I! of.

the transverse member I of the framework of the drawer structure. This portion acts as a stop to limit the tilting movement of the rear wall assembly.

Upon removal of the pan l3 from the space between the front and rear walls, it might be possible to impart to the rear wall a swinging movement to the right (Fig. 3), and this movement also is limited by the engagement of the lower portion of the rear wall assembly with the portion l9 and also by the engagement of a flange 20:50! the wall Within portion 2| ofathe brace 6 which also constitutes a stop for the structure.

It will be apparent, therefore, that upon removal of the pan from operative position in the drawer, the rear wall will automatically assume the position shown in Fig. 3, in which position the spacing between the pan supporting brackets of the front and rear walls is greater than the length of the pan, thereby permitting the pan to be positioned selectively in any of the brackets of the structure. Owing to the facility of movement of the rear wallv assembly, the rear-flangethe rigidpan between front and rear wall and also, owing tothe pivotalsupport of wall and the engagement of the flange 2. thereof with the stop 2|.

It is thought that the invention and manyof its attendant advantages will be'understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim; v

l. A broiler drawer, comprising a frame, an end wall fixedly supported thereon, and an opposite end wall pivotally supported on said frame, the pivotal support of said end wallbeing disposed below the, center of gravity of the wall, and pan supporting brackets on each of said walls.

2. A broiler drawer, comprising a frame, a

, wall.

front end wall fixedly secured to said frame, a rear end wall pivotally supported on said frame,

the pivotal support of said rear end wall being located below the center of gravity of said wall, and pan supporting brackets mounted on both of said end walls at different spacings from the frame. a

3. A broiler drawer, comprising a frame, an end wall' fixedly mounted on the frame, another end wall pivotally supported by said frame, the pivotal support being disposed below and in front of the center of gravity of the wall, whereby said pivotally supported wall automatically slants awayfrom said fixed wall, and pan supporting brackets mounted on said walls.

'4. A broiler drawer, comprising a frame, end walls supported by said frame, one at least of said end walls being pivotally supported on the frame with the'pivotal support located below the center of gravity of said wall, and pan supporting brackets on said walls.

AA broiler'm drawerzmcmnprising -a frame, end walls, one at least of said end walls being pivotally supported on said frame, the pivotal support being, located-below the center of gravity of said wall-and closer to the opposite end wall than the plane of the pivotally supported wall itself, and pan supporting brackets on said ,walls.

6. A broiler drawer, comprising a frame, 1 a fixed end wall, an opposite .end wall pivotally supported on said frame to assume under its own weight a pomtion slanting away from said fixed end wall, and means for limiting the tilting movement of said pivotally, supported wall in a direction away from the fixedwall. I

'1. A broiler drawer, comprising a frame, a fixed wall supported thereby and an opposite wall pivotally supported on said frame in such man-, her as to normally assume a position slanting awayfrom the fixed wall, means for limiting the movement of said pivotal wall away from the fixed wall, and means for limiting the movement of said pivotal wall in direction towards the fixed 8. A broiler drawer, comprising a frame havlongitudiiial-bars andea transverse bar. an

end wall fixedly supported on the frame in opposition to said transverse bar, an end wall pivotally supp rted on said frame, the pivotal-support for said end wall being below the center of gravity and being closer to the fixed end wall than theplane of said pivotally supported wall.

'the transverse bar of the frame having portions LEWIS MOORE. 

